But sometimes I don`t...hmmmmmmm guess CRS comes with all that Old Age stuff...so I reckon its only me brain thats gettin` old..

Feb 29, 2008 @ 2:28 AM

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sweet5red

Posts: 13,119

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, Put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, And notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back On the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think, Since I'm going to be near the mailbox When I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table, And see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study, So I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, But first I need to push the Coke aside So that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Coke is getting warm, And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, A vase of flowers on the counter Catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and Discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, But first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, Fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, But I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, So I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, But first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, But quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table, Get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to Remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

The car isn't washed

The bills aren't paid

There is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter

The flowers don't have enough water,

There is still only 1 check in my check book,

I can't find the remote,

I can't find my glasses,

And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, And I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, And I'll try to get some help for it, But first I'll check my e-mail....

Mar 4, 2008 @ 11:55 AM

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L8angel

Posts: 60

SOB! I guess, according to the originator of this thread, I'll have to throw away my dancing shoes, sell my bike and tennis raquet, and trade my spot on MD for a sturdy rocking chair.......... .........NOT! Hope he or she has a life at 60......or gets a life..... LOL!]

I still stand by my posts, of course. Romance and sex is for we young folks. You old geezers can break a hip if you sneeze too hard, you know!

All kidding aside, I just wanted to ask whether anybody believes that our attitudes toward the elderly (or senior citizens if you prefer) have changed in the two years since I started this thread? Is our obsession with youth beginning to fade as the baby boomer generation retires? Or is our society still geared toward youth? Would you change this if you could?

Oct 28, 2008 @ 1:32 PM

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RareQuestor

Posts: 2,956

Hmmm...eight months and no one has dared answer the questions. Now I know what Jeremiah, Isaiah, Daniel and all those other biblical prophets felt like when they preached doom and gloom.

Oct 31, 2008 @ 8:36 PM

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tatiana329

Posts: 1,064

you can thank the makers od viagra for that and all those stupid Bob commercials... now everyone with a pulse thinks they should be dating and having sex.